Export variety, technological content and economic performance: the case of Portugal

Rebelo, Francisco; Silva, Ester Gomes da

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“…Funke and Ruhwedel [56], Funke and Ruhwedel [57], and Saviotti and Frenken [58], among others, determined the impact of export variety on economic growth. Rebelo and Silva [59] applied the entropy index to determine export variety and examined the effect of export variety on economic growth. Thus, one can consider export variety as a potential factor of environmental degradation.…”

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Analyzing the Impact of Energy, Export Variety, and FDI on Environmental Degradation in the Context of Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis: A Case Study of India

2019

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The economic size of the Indian economy and its status as one of the major global emitters of carbon emissions makes the country a good place to study the determinants of environmental degradation in India. The study aims at analyzing the impact of energy, export variety, and foreign direct investment (FDI) on environmental degradation in India in the context of environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis. The long run relationship was found between variables of the study through a cointegration test, whereas long run estimates were obtained through cointegration and dynamic ordinary least squares (DOLS). Results of the study reveal that energy consumption, export variety, FDI, and income positively contributed to environmental degradation in India. Results also unveil that the EKC hypothesis does not exist in India. Causality analyses document unidirectional causality from income and FDI to environmental degradation, and bidirectional causality was witnessed between energy consumption and environmental degradation and between export variety and environmental degradation in the long run. The long run and the short run causality highlight that India has to forego the short run economic growth in order to improve its environmental quality and reduce global carbon emissions; however, it will not affect its long term economic development process.

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Analyzing the Impact of Energy, Export Variety, and FDI on Environmental Degradation in the Context of Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis: A Case Study of India

2019

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“…This research stream is particularly focused on testing the learning by exporting hypothesis [102][103][104]; thus, another avenue for further research could be the development of frameworks applying this baseline assumption in the cluster context. Third, alternative measures for clustered firms' performance-such as growth [122], survival [135], and economic performance [187]-might be used to assess the robustness of this study's results.…”

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Dancing with Giants: A Unified Framework for Cooperation Networks, Speed of Internationalisation, and Performance

2023

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This study aims to explore whether the speed of internationalisation—measured by the change in international scale and the change in international scope—can mediate the relationship between network clustering (cooperation networks) and clustered firms’ performance. A quantitative methodology was used to accomplish this purpose, and the research model was tested using the Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM). Based on a sample of 1491 Portuguese firms, this paper showed that network clustering directly and positively impacts clustered firms’ performance. When considering the effect of the speed of internationalisation, the study revealed that network clustering also has an indirect, mediated impact on firms’ performance, through the change in international scope (geographical diversification). Conversely, when accounting for the mediation of the change in international scale (degree of internationalisation), the results confirmed that this dimension of speed does not mediate the relationship between network clustering and firms’ performance. This evidence, therefore, stresses the role of geographical diversification in shaping how well the clustered firms perform based on the networks established through industrial clusters.

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“…These findings are documented at both international and national levels. Indeed, the work of Saviotti and Frenken (2008) on 20 OECD countries, Rebelo and Silva (2016) on Portugal, and Boschma and Iammarino (2009) on Italian regions find that the inclusion in the export basket of more complex products positively influences growth in GDP per capita, labour productivity, employment or value added. Furthermore, Felipe et al (2012) and Coniglio et al (2016) find that the complexity level of the products in which a country is specialised is an important predictor of future economic performance.…”

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Does Economic Complexity matter for the Mobilisation of Tax Revenues?

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NOMO-BEYALA

2023

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Despite their importance and policies to improve their collection, tax revenues in some economies, especially developing ones, are low compared to the financing needs for economic development and growth. Whereas the literature has identified a wide range of tax mobilisation drivers, this paper stands out from previous contributions by emphasising the role of economic complexity, especially as is a robust predictor of economic development, improves human capital and mitigates income inequality which are the key determinants of tax revenue. Using a sample of 124 developed and developing countries, this paper postulate that the differences in economic complexity explain the difference in tax collection and therefore investigates the effect of economic complexity on tax revenue. Our key finding is that the more complex an economy is, the more taxes it mobilises. This finding survives several robustness analyses that use an alternative measure of economic complexity, and endogeneity issues resulting from the reverse causality between economic complexity and tax revenue. Our result is supported by the view that economic complexity improves economic development and human capital and reduces income inequality which therefore ameliorates tax collection. However, when dealing with the type of taxes this finding holds only in developing countries since in developed ones’ economic complexity hampers the mobilisation of trade and indirect taxes. In sum, these results call for measures aimed at improving diversification through industrialisation and encouraging innovation. JEL: O14, O33, H20, H21

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Export variety, technological content and economic performance: the case of Portugal

Cited by 7 publications

References 89 publications

Analyzing the Impact of Energy, Export Variety, and FDI on Environmental Degradation in the Context of Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis: A Case Study of India

Analyzing the Impact of Energy, Export Variety, and FDI on Environmental Degradation in the Context of Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis: A Case Study of India

Dancing with Giants: A Unified Framework for Cooperation Networks, Speed of Internationalisation, and Performance

Does Economic Complexity matter for the Mobilisation of Tax Revenues?

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